Duan Yu saw that he didn't want to say it, so he didn't force it. Instead, he took Jia Rong's wrist and whispered: "Opening the river from Hongze Lake to the sea is not a trivial project. I recall that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty killed millions of migrant workers when he built the canal.

The sky is angry and people are complaining, now we have to open a flood discharge and irrigation canal in Huaidong, I'm afraid it will be a big trouble."

"Our water diversion and irrigation canal is not comparable to the Grand Canal." Jia Rong rolled his eyes and called an official from the river yamen. "Bring the design drawing and show it to this superior officer."

Duan Yu couldn't understand what was on the picture, and said sarcastically: "We still don't know what to do."

Brother Rong explained: "Even if we dig a water canal from the flat land, the total project volume will not be comparable to the Grand Canal 11. According to the information of each county, the total length of the waterway selected now is 300 miles and passes through six counties. Let's open it first

Dig a small waterway three to four feet wide, build embankments on both sides, and reserve a drainage channel fifty feet wide. It is difficult to dig a three-hundred-mile river channel fifty feet wide, but it is difficult to build two three-hundred-mile river channels two to three feet wide.

A hundred miles of river embankment is easy.”

Duan Yu was confused when he heard this, and Jia Rong kept telling him that he was going to faint.

In fact, I don’t blame him. Building a waterway from Hongze Lake to the ocean would be considered a moderate project in later generations. After all, a distance of three hundred miles is equivalent to 150 kilometers. When it comes to construction, there will naturally be different reasons for the construction.

Due to the problem of segment allocation, the river channel cannot be completely straight and needs to be longer in places.

Brother Rong smiled and said: "Brother Yu, don't worry. The River Governor's Mansion specializes in water conservancy. They are experts. The only troublesome thing now is where to find so many saplings to plant the river embankments on both sides."

"What's so difficult about this? Jiangnan is rich in saplings, and the saplings in Shenjing are all sent from Jiangnan. Are you afraid that you won't be able to plant them on both sides of the river embankments?"

After hearing Duan Yu's words, Jia Rong smiled and said, "Why don't you contact me about the seedlings and bother Brother Yu to take charge of it?"

When Duan Yu saw this weird smile, he shook his head and asked, "Is there any fraud in it?"

"No, that's not possible. For Brother Yu, it's a trivial matter."

"Then...we'll take it."

"Okay, okay. Brother Yu is very happy. We will wait for the good news from Brother Yu next year." Brother Rong clapped his hands and said with a smile: "With Brother Yu's words, we can go to inspect the Huaihe River with peace of mind.

"

"..." Duan Yu always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't explain it.

After Brother Rong left, he stopped the officials of Hedao Yamen to ask.

Just listen to the man say: "According to Uncle Rong's calculations, both sides of the river embankment are only suitable for planting pine, willow, fir and other deep-rooted trees. Even if there is one tree per foot, there are at least 40,000 to 50,000 trees on one bank for 300 miles.

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait need 100,000 saplings. It is not difficult to find saplings, but it will be difficult to find 100,000 saplings at the same time next spring."

Duan Yu was dumbfounded. It turned out that there was really a trap. But when he went to find Brother Rong again, there was no sign of Jia Rong.

"We're exhausted, little Que'er, hurry up and hammer your legs."

It turns out that Jia Rong returned to his house early when he saw that the Hongze Lake diversion plan was finished.

Little Que'er pursed her lips and murmured: "Don't you dislike Que'er's service?"

This little girl movie.

Brother Rong stretched out his hand and pinched the girl's little face, feeling the tender flesh. He smiled and said: "I don't dislike you. I obviously feel sorry for you. You run around every day. Look, you have been tanned these past two days."

It won’t look good if it gets darker again. I won’t leave an ugly girl by my side.”

When the little Que'er heard this, she immediately grinned. She put her face up and let the uncle pinch her. She smiled and said, "The Que'er will definitely protect her face and always look her best to stay with the uncle."

What a little girl. I rubbed this fleshy little face, and it was strange. Why is there no flesh on this girl’s face but elsewhere?

Brother Rong found a bamboo mat and lay down on it. These days without air conditioning were really not that pleasant.

After lying on the cold bamboo bed for a while, the area where the skin came into contact began to heat up. I don’t know where the little bird found the trick, so he brought a basin of cold well water, wetted the handkerchief and put it on Rong.

On the uncle’s back.

A pair of small hands kneaded it through the cold handkerchief.

This feeling...

Ouch yo.

The little bird was minding its own business and said: "The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is hot, and it's not as hot outside as in the central government. When I was in the Lin family, there was a place to escape the summer heat. When I go on business outside, there are no conditions to escape the heat. The uncle still thinks a lot about drinking more water and drinking more water on weekdays.

Enjoy the cool…”

In the past, Jia Rong didn't think the little girl was a talkative girl. Recently, she seemed to be a different person. She felt like a worried old lady, chattering non-stop.

Uncle Rong said: "How can you be so particular about it?"

Xiao Qie'er's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden sound. She hummed softly and threw the handkerchief into the cold spring water. She twisted her fingers, gently picked up the handkerchief, and put it on Uncle Rong's back again. Another deep breath of cold air came out.

, I just feel extremely happy and comfortable.

The little maid said: "Uncle, can you please stop interrupting."

"Um?"

"It disrupted Que'er's thoughts." The little girl hummed softly. "Grandma asked Que'er to come to Jiangnan because she was afraid that the uncle could not take care of her. If the uncle got injured and sick in Jiangnan, what would Que'er do?

Go back and explain to grandma."

"..."

Then I heard little Que'er murmuring, "If the uncle gets a stroke, Que'er will feel sad too."

Xiao Nizi didn't know who she had learned from it, and this kind of words sounded strangely familiar. Uncle Rong didn't care about her, and let her talk about it by herself, while he lay down and enjoyed it.

When a person is immersed in something, he always feels that life passes quickly.

Since Uncle Youyin and Xiaorong were not in Shenjing, Ningguo Mansion would hardly be bustling for a day. It was the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Princess Zhongshun and the four princesses came to Ningguo Mansion.

He entered the mansion secretly without alerting many people, and did not even inform the female family members who were listening to the play in Tianxiang Tower.

"Today is my sister's birthday, so she has to come over anyway." The fourth princess carefully took Ke Qing's hand, looked at her round belly, and said with a smile, "Maybe you can hear some noise now?"

The female officer Jiayi laughed from the side and replied: "He has the same temperament as Uncle Rong, but he is lively."

The fourth princess was doubtful and listened curiously for a while. She raised her head and chuckled: "What a powerful little guy. Maybe he wants to kick me after hearing what we say."

"Don't scare the child in your sister's belly." The princess smiled and asked someone to bring an object to her.

"Thinking about you, I have never been able to think of what to give you. It happens that you are pregnant with a child now. I remember that not long after I entered the palace, my mother-in-law sent me this gift. Maybe it was with the blessing of this gift that I married into the palace.

With five daughters and two sons born in the past ten years, we can be considered prosperous."

When Qin Keqing saw the thing in the hands of the palace eunuch, he stood up and wanted to salute, but the empress hurriedly stopped her.

The princess scolded: "You are exempt from those rules when you are pregnant with a child. I have been with your uncle for so long, and I have not learned any shame from him. I have given you all the things from my mother's family, so I treat you as a child."

Treat her like her own daughter, what kind of things do mothers and daughters need between them?"

"Ker, please remember your Majesty's teachings."

The princess shook her head lightly, "You are good at everything, but you are too honest. You always think about the rules. I don't know how wronged you will be when you are around that little bastard."

Qin Keqing lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing this, the princess also changed her words and asked: "Did that boy send you a letter in the past two days?"

"Here comes a letter." Qin Keqing's face showed shame. She didn't know how the uncle wrote the letter, or something like "a gentle kiss has touched my heart; a deep love makes me miss you to this day" and so on.

I also wrote down my private conversations in letters, so I wasn’t afraid of being peeked at.

After hearing this, the princess nodded with satisfaction. "He still has some conscience. Did he tell you about the situation in Jiangnan in the letter?"

"Never."

"This bastard..." The princess cursed lightly and comforted: "Ke'er doesn't have to worry about him. Everything is going well for this bastard in Jiangnan. It's just that there are many official matters and he can't get away for a while. But it won't take too long, you can

Reunion.”

"Yeah." Qin Keqing nodded lightly.

The princess took Ke Qing to explain a few words, and after chatting for a while, she ordered the female officer Jiayi to take care of her at Ningguo Mansion. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, there were many things in the royal palace, and it was not suitable for the princess and the fourth princess to stay for a long time, so they sat for a while and left a pile

The gifts were returned.

Tianxiang Tower is still lively.

Because Wang Xifeng went to the south of the Yangtze River, the stewardship of the inner house of Rongguo Mansion fell into the hands of Li Wan. This young widowed woman now has a lot of grace on her face. She has completely changed her appearance. Now she is leading a group of Ning Rong.

The girls from the two houses congratulated Keqing on his birthday at Tianxiang Tower.

Downstairs, Jia Baoyu looked around blankly, as if looking for someone.

Li Wan said: "How sneaky is a serious brother? No wonder Sister Lin doesn't want to see you either. My sister is not here today. Can't you go upstairs to have a drink?"

Baoyu said with a smile: "My dear sister-in-law, please forgive me. My sister-in-law and several sisters drank to their heart's content, so I, a dirty person, will not go up and confuse this fairyland."

Li Wan asked: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's the birthday of Brother Rong and his wife today, and the sisters are here to make fun. Can't you come up?"

Baoyu shook his head and said, "I'd better wait downstairs."

"..."

Li Wan ignored him and went back to the room to chat and joke with his sisters.

Jia Baoyu stayed downstairs in Tianxiang. Sister Lin did not wait, but saw Qin Keqing bringing a few people over. When he looked at Keqing's round and big belly, he felt that there was another dead fish eye in the world. No matter how beautiful Brother Rong's wife was,

They are also dead pearls whose luster has been tainted by the turbidity of men.

He greeted me softly, but his previous enthusiasm was completely gone.
To be continued...